Fortinet(R) Wins TMC 2013 "INTERNET TELEPHONY" Excellence Award

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 28, 2013) - Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) -- a world leader in high-performance network security -- today announced that the company's FortiVoice FVC-40S has won a 2013 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award presented by TMC's "Internet Telephony" magazine. The "INTERNET TELEPHONY" Excellence Awards were created to honor companies that have created products and services that excel in the IP communications industry. The Excellence Awards recognize the creators of technology that demonstrate leadership and innovation to the global industry. As part of the application process, companies provide case studies of IP communications success experienced by one of their clients after operating the product/service over the past year.

"On behalf of TMC and the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, we are honored to grant Fortinet with an INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award for its innovation in IP Communications," said Erik Linask, Group Editorial Director, TMC. "The company's FortiVoice FVC-40S has demonstrated exceptional quality and proved itself worthy of this honor by improving business for its clients."

"Our judges were very impressed with the innovation displayed by the FortiVoice FVC-40S," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "We look forward to seeing continued excellence from Fortinet in the future."

About FortiVoiceFortiVoice phone systems and phones deliver intelligent call handling in a simple, affordable and user-friendly package. Designed for offices with 2 to 2000 extensions per location, FortiVoice phone systems are easy to install, configure and use and come with everything a business needs to handle calls professionally, control costs and stay connected everywhere. The FortiVoice FVC-40S has an IP architecture and supports up to 40 phone users per location, making it an ideal and affordable solution for today's small businesses.

"We're excited to accept this technology award on behalf of our FortiVoice platform," said John Maddison, vice president of marketing for Fortinet. "This win further emphasizes our commitment to drive innovative telephony solutions for small to mid-sized businesses at a time when other major manufactures appear to be abandoning them."

Winners of the 2013 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award will be published in the September 2013 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. http://www.tmcnet.com/voip/

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and a market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2012 Fortune Global 100. Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise -- from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.